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the reason is precisely because he wants to support assad. also he is receiving influence from iran, iran, of course, is main supporter of assad. the other reason is sectarian one. this isn't as if malaki isn't aware of what he is doing. he is, of course. the story, secretary of state, representing a country which has been in retreat from iraq. obama made a decision to leave no residual american military in iraq, which essentially would have zero influence. we have zero influence. that is why iraqi sees america as relevant. obama talks about the tide of war receding. side of war is rising and america is receding. it's irrelevant. that is the story of visit. >> shannon: also a stop in afghanistan. there has been discussion whether we were on the same page with leaders there in afghanistan. something we said today, we are on the same page speaking with president karzai. what do you make of that? >> karzai apologized to what he said when he suggested that somehow the u.s. is involved with the taliban. and all of their al-qaeda links. to somehow
the reason is precisely because he wants to support assad. also he is receiving influence from iran, iran, of course, is main supporter of assad. the other reason is sectarian one. this isn't as if malaki isn't aware of what he is doing. he is, of course. the story, secretary of state, representing a country which has been in retreat from iraq. obama made a decision to leave no residual american military in iraq, which essentially would have zero influence. we have zero influence. that is why...
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take a listen. >> it's not a question of when assad leaves. or if assad leaves. it's a question of when. he will leigh power. not a question of if. >> i am confident that assad's days are numbers. i think he must go and i believe he will go. >> the last one was today. >> if you go to the first time that he made the caug august 18, 2011, 2200 people died at that point in syria. now we're in excess of 70,000. it's one of the reasons i believe this will be forever a black mark on the obama administration. basically done nothing. the question he got today at the press conference to suggest that the u.s. hasn't done anything. the president pushed back hard on that but he was unconvincing in the suggestion we have done much. if you look at the numbers, it suggests we haven't. on the question of the use of chemical weapons, i think the president has shifted the red line a little bit. the first time he talked about chemical weapons he said if they are used or moved. well, we know if they were moved in december. we know they have been moved after that. i talked to someone
take a listen. >> it's not a question of when assad leaves. or if assad leaves. it's a question of when. he will leigh power. not a question of if. >> i am confident that assad's days are numbers. i think he must go and i believe he will go. >> the last one was today. >> if you go to the first time that he made the caug august 18, 2011, 2200 people died at that point in syria. now we're in excess of 70,000. it's one of the reasons i believe this will be forever a black...
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as a result, assad is still there. and the situation has worseped. everyone -- worseped. everyone else realize what is is at stake there. iran realize what is is at stake. they are propping up saddam. russia and china realize so they're undermining us at the-up. the administration has been looking for excuses from day one not to get involved. >> bret: propping up assad. a.b., your thoughts? >> i don't think if there is testimony on the ground about the fact it's a chemical attack that the administration is looking to buy time. get the president to israel. off the airplane. but if there is going to be verification from ground and it is real he has made it clear it's his red line. it is true that he waited so long to engage with the opposition there has been all the distress and frustration from the allies and from opposition. this is hard to come in and to the transitory work that he gets involved so there is a post assad stability, vacuum that creates chaos. he is running out of time. the chemical weapons thing, he will be under tremendous pressure from israelis to be wit
as a result, assad is still there. and the situation has worseped. everyone -- worseped. everyone else realize what is is at stake there. iran realize what is is at stake. they are propping up saddam. russia and china realize so they're undermining us at the-up. the administration has been looking for excuses from day one not to get involved. >> bret: propping up assad. a.b., your thoughts? >> i don't think if there is testimony on the ground about the fact it's a chemical attack...
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silence. >> president assad vowed today he will purge syria of all extremist forces. a sign he is only digging in. shannon? >> ed henry live, traveling with the president. thank you. a big protest today in cairo against the muslim brotherhood in egypt. about 3,000 demonstrators rallied outside the group's headquarters. riot police tried and failed to keep them separate from several hundred brotherhood supporters. the group has too much influence on president mohammed morsi. we will tell you why some airline passengers may have enjoyed being stuck on the tarmac this week. that is later in the grape grape. u -- later in the grapevine. up next, why you may find it harder that ever to lock and load. if youthen this willbrids arbe a nice surprise. meet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max come. c-max go. c-max give a ride to everyone it knows. c max has more passenger volume than competitor prius v and we haven't even mentioned... c-max also gets better mpg. say hi to the super fuel efficient ford c-max hybrid. of mild to moderate alzheimer's disease is exelon patch. n
silence. >> president assad vowed today he will purge syria of all extremist forces. a sign he is only digging in. shannon? >> ed henry live, traveling with the president. thank you. a big protest today in cairo against the muslim brotherhood in egypt. about 3,000 demonstrators rallied outside the group's headquarters. riot police tried and failed to keep them separate from several hundred brotherhood supporters. the group has too much influence on president mohammed morsi. we will...
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since president bashar assad is holed up and was not invited anyway. >> translator: this is part of the restoration of legitimacy that people of syria have long been robbeded of. >> just this weekend, he was stepping down. republican senator john mccain charging that was caused by a lack of u.s. support. state department spokesman v vintreell was vague about the status. >> we are reaching out to him. >> the arab league authorized member state to give military support to rebels. the white house still rejecting the calls for the u.s. and his allies to go that far. >> at this time, fato does not -- nato does not intend to intervene in syria. >> administration is dancing around reports they are training syrian rebels in jordan, with the pentagon spokesman george little say nothing element of the u.s. military are training the syrian opposition. our focus is on training our jordanian partners and our policy is clear. we are providing nonlethal assistance to the syrian opposition. that leaves the door open for military training jore danians who are training the rebels. or the c.i.a. doing it.
since president bashar assad is holed up and was not invited anyway. >> translator: this is part of the restoration of legitimacy that people of syria have long been robbeded of. >> just this weekend, he was stepping down. republican senator john mccain charging that was caused by a lack of u.s. support. state department spokesman v vintreell was vague about the status. >> we are reaching out to him. >> the arab league authorized member state to give military support to...
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the senators say it includes prevision airstrikes that could take out president assad's aircraft power and talk about more robust aid to the opposition. significant, of course, carl levi? a democrat. >> bret: ed henry traveling with the president in jerusalem. thank you. explosion at a mosque in damascus left 42 people dead. syrian t is calling at it terrorist suicide blast. among the dead, senior pro-government muslim cleric. let's get some insight now on the syria situation and other foreign policy challenges. joining me tonight is the chairman of the house intelligence committee, congressman mike rogers. mr. chairman, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> bret: let's start in syria. what do we know about the possibility of chemical weapons being used there? >> if you take the whole body of work, from the intelligence reports over the last two years, i believe it's highly probable that chemical weapons were used at least in some small amounts in syria. which is in violation of the chemical weapons convention. >> bret: now, foreign policy magazine, they have this qu
the senators say it includes prevision airstrikes that could take out president assad's aircraft power and talk about more robust aid to the opposition. significant, of course, carl levi? a democrat. >> bret: ed henry traveling with the president in jerusalem. thank you. explosion at a mosque in damascus left 42 people dead. syrian t is calling at it terrorist suicide blast. among the dead, senior pro-government muslim cleric. let's get some insight now on the syria situation and other...